http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/06/23/drinking-and-sexual-assault-a-dangerous-intersection-getting-worse/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thenewagenda.net/2009/06/23/drinking-and-sexual-assault-a-dangerous-intersection-getting-worse/comment-page-1/#comment-19002 Claire Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:28:06 +0000 http://thenewagenda.net/?p=11449#comment-19002 Okay, this is victim blaming. It is not a woman's responsibility not to get raped. RAPE IS THE FAULT OF RAPISTS. Excessive drinking is unsafe for myriad reasons, for both men and women. It would seem unfair to say that men rape more when they drink, even though statistics would back up such an assertion. Why not tell the boys to avoid binge drinking so they don't rape someone? BECAUSE IT ASSUMES THAT ALL MEN ARE RAPISTS, and telling women not to drink or they'll get raped ASSUMES WOMEN ARE VICTIMS AND IGNORES THE PERPETRATORS OF RAPE. Okay, this is victim blaming. It is not a woman’s responsibility not to get raped. RAPE IS THE FAULT OF RAPISTS. Excessive drinking is unsafe for myriad reasons, for both men and women. It would seem unfair to say that men rape more when they drink, even though statistics would back up such an assertion. Why not tell the boys to avoid binge drinking so they don’t rape someone? BECAUSE IT ASSUMES THAT ALL MEN ARE RAPISTS, and telling women not to drink or they’ll get raped ASSUMES WOMEN ARE VICTIMS AND IGNORES THE PERPETRATORS OF RAPE.

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